* <see name="Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum" alt="" address="203 Amity St" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poehse.htm" hours="" price="Small fee">An early home of the American author of mystery and the macabre. Located on Amity Street in a rough neighborhood, surrounded by public housing.</see>

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*'''Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum''' [http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poehse.htm]. 203 Amity St. An early home of the American author of mystery and the macabre. Located on Amity Street in a rough neighborhood, surrounded by public housing. Small fee.

*<see name="The Maryland Zoo" alt="" address="Druid Hill Park" directions="From I-83, exit at Druid Park Lake Drive (exit 7)" phone="+1 410 366 LION" url="http://www.marylandzoo.org/" hours="Daily 10AM-4PM, closed January, February, Thanksgiving and Christmas" price="Adults $11 weekdays and online ticketing, $15 weekends; discounted for seniors and children" lat="" long="">Large zoo set in a classic victorian-era park. If you want to go on a weekend, purchase tickets in advance over the web to get the weekday rate; if purchasing tickets at the gate, you can save a buck by finding a Maryland Zoo flyer at the visitor's center that has a $1 off coupon.</see>

*<see name="The Maryland Zoo" alt="" address="Druid Hill Park" directions="From I-83, exit at Druid Park Lake Drive (exit 7)" phone="+1 410 366 LION" url="http://www.marylandzoo.org/" hours="Daily 10AM-4PM, closed January, February, Thanksgiving and Christmas" price="Adults $11 weekdays and online ticketing, $15 weekends; discounted for seniors and children" lat="" long="">Large zoo set in a classic victorian-era park. If you want to go on a weekend, purchase tickets in advance over the web to get the weekday rate; if purchasing tickets at the gate, you can save a buck by finding a Maryland Zoo flyer at the visitor's center that has a $1 off coupon.</see>

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The Rawlings Botanical Conservatory in Druid Hill Park

West Baltimore is a huge section of the city notorious for violent and other drug-related crime, but also for its unique culture, endless streets of old Baltimore rowhouses with their marble stoops, and sprawling parklands.

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Druid Hill Park.

Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, 203 Amity St, [1]. An early home of the American author of mystery and the macabre. Located on Amity Street in a rough neighborhood, surrounded by public housing.Small fee.

The Maryland Zoo, Druid Hill Park (From I-83, exit at Druid Park Lake Drive (exit 7)), ☎+1 410 366 LION, [3]. Daily 10AM-4PM, closed January, February, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Large zoo set in a classic victorian-era park. If you want to go on a weekend, purchase tickets in advance over the web to get the weekday rate; if purchasing tickets at the gate, you can save a buck by finding a Maryland Zoo flyer at the visitor's center that has a $1 off coupon.Adults $11 weekdays and online ticketing, $15 weekends; discounted for seniors and children.

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The Roost (Lakeout or The Lake), 5275 Reisterstown Rd, ☎+1 410 578-0232, [4]. 7AM-3AM usually. The Roost. Any visitor interested in trying Lake Trout should come here, as it is arguably the best in the city, and in the most inviting eatery. A giant portion of fish comes for $5, but the rest of the menu is hard to ignore—each entry is named after a prominent African-Americans (with the exception of "The Wire" and "John Waters"), and the long soul food menu makes few errors.$3-7.